Fight Oil and Gas Drilling Off U.S. Coasts

In April 2017 Trump issued an order to expand the nationwide offshore oil and gas leasing plan. On Jan. 4 Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced plans to dramatically expand offshore oil drilling in all oceans along U.S. coasts. This would include allowing new oil leasing along California's shores for the first time in more than 30 years, as well as the remote Arctic.

The draft proposal for offshore leasing over the next five years shows that the Trump administration is serious about giving the fossil fuel industry exactly what it wants: unrestricted access to oil and gas reserves buried deep under our oceans. If allowed to stand, the plan will hurt wildlife and coastal communities and risk even more oil spills and sea-level rise. We can't let that happen.

Dear friends,
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke just announced plans to dramatically expand offshore oil drilling in all oceans along U.S. coasts. This would include allowing new oil leasing along California's shores for the first time in more than 30 years -- and in the remote Arctic.

The draft proposal for offshore leasing over the next five years shows that the Trump administration is serious about giving the fossil fuel industry exactly what it wants: unrestricted access to oil and gas reserves buried deep under our oceans. If allowed to stand, the plan will hurt wildlife and coastal communities, and risk even more oil spills and sea-level rise. We can't let that happen.

Text or call Center for Biological Diversity supporters in coastal states to encourage them to join the fight to save our oceans by attending public hearings and protests.

Use websites that mask your phone number and make it easy for you to text/call a lot of people one after the other.

Have personal conversations with people who care about our oceans as much as you do!

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